Note: A Sophos employee has provided additional information suggesting some Comcast customer email accounts may have been impacted as well. It would be prudent for all Comcast customers to change their passwords to better ensure the integrity of their email.

About the author

Chester Wisniewski has been involved in the information security space
since the late 1980s. He is currently a Principal Research Scientist in
the Office of the CTO. Chet divides his time between research, public
speaking, writing and attempting to communicate the complexities of
security to the press and public in a way they can understand.
Chester has spoken at RSA, InfoSec Europe, LISA, USENIX, Virus Bulletin
and many Security BSides events around the world in addition to
regularly consulting with NPR, CNN, CBC, The New York Times and other
media outlets.
You can follow Chester on Twitter as @chetwisniewski, Chester Wisniewski on Google Plus or send him an email at chesterw@sophos.com.

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